AMCP submitted comments to CMS on the Most Favored Nation Model rule, expressing our significant concerns that the model would negatively impact patient access to needed medications.
Read AMCP's summary of how the inauguration of the Biden administration may lead to changes to reglatory actions taken at the end of the Trump administration.
In a January 15th letter to President-elect Joseph R. Biden, AMCP shared its priority issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic and managed care pharmacy.
AMCP CEO Susan Cantrell issues statement in support of PCMA's lawsuit against the Trump administration's attempts to implement a rebate rule that could destabilize Medicare Part D.
On Jan. 5, AMCP joined the Pharmacy Health Information Technology (PHIT) Collaborative and national pharmacy stakeholders in submitting comments to CMS on its Medicaid prior authorization proposed rule. AMCP supports expanding use of electronic prior authorizations, removing barriers to health information technology adoption and providing patients and providers with information regarding prior authorization decisions.
On Dec. 21, CMS published a Final Rule to support state flexibility to enter into value-based purchasing arrangements (VBPs) with drug manufacturers, and to allow manufacturers with qualifying VBPs to report multiple best price points for a single dosage form and strength of a covered outpatient drug. The final rule is effective on Jan. 1, 2022.
Last week, more than 30 experts representing payers, pharmacists, integrated delivery systems, health economists and analysts, patient advocates, academicians, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and other key decision-makers in the managed care setting convened virtually for AMCP’s Partnership Forum “Biosimilars: Policy, Practice, and Post-Marketing Surveillance to Support Treatment and Coverage Decisions” to identify key actions that support the use and development of biosimilars in the U.S. health care system.
On Dec. 12, AMCP joined the Pharmacy Supply and Payment Chain Coalition's letter to Congressional leaders urging them to support the CDC's request for supplemental funding to cover the cost of administering COVID-19 vaccines.